how to pronounce wicked

/ˈwɪkəd/

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wicked is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of wicked in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… is that would it pull a wicked witch of …”

meanings of wicked

adjective:

Evil or mischievous by nature.
Infested with maggots.
Active; brisk.
Having a wick.
Excellent; awesome; masterful.
Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.

adverb:

Very, extremely.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of wick.

wicked frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word wicked occurs in english on average 15.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics wicked can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that wicked can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;